by Keith L. Brown | Jun 6, 2016 | Book of Mormon, Historical Stories
This article by History of the Saints (Sponsored) appeared in the 4 June 2015 online edition of LDSLiving.com. Late one fall evening after Heber and Vilate Kimball had retired to their bed, they were awakened suddenly by an urgent knocking at their door. A neighbor,...
by Keith L. Brown | Nov 18, 2014 | Early History
Polygamy, which was practiced in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is defined as “the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.” It is not a practice which Christendom embraces, as the general...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Dec 3, 2013 | Who's Who in Mormon History
Heber C. Kimball was born in 1801 in Vermont. In 1830 he became a Baptist, but soon after, he learned that some missionaries from a new faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were visiting the home of Phineas P. Young, brother of Brigham Young. He was...